through the floor
idiom
: to a very low level
The value of the stock has dropped/gone/fallen through the floor.
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Seventeen wooden joists in the south-west corner’s terracing collapsed, sending those standing in the affected area through the floor, with some mangled in the steel and others plunging all the way to the ground.
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Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 17 May 2025
The male suspect then fired multiple rounds through the floor of an upstairs bedroom, police said.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2025
Ottawa County Sheriff's Office (OCSO) deputies told the outlets that while the shooting is being considered accidental, investigators believe that a suspect, who was on the second floor of the home, fired a gun through the floor multiple times, and one bullet struck Lotterman in the head.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 19 May 2025
Instead, the audience is arranged in the round observing a traverse-style black runway staging with changing, minimal locations being lifted up through the floor on hydraulics.
—David Benedict, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
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Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 17 May 2025
The male suspect then fired multiple rounds through the floor of an upstairs bedroom, police said.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2025
Ottawa County Sheriff's Office (OCSO) deputies told the outlets that while the shooting is being considered accidental, investigators believe that a suspect, who was on the second floor of the home, fired a gun through the floor multiple times, and one bullet struck Lotterman in the head.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 19 May 2025
Instead, the audience is arranged in the round observing a traverse-style black runway staging with changing, minimal locations being lifted up through the floor on hydraulics.
—David Benedict, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Through the floor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/through%20the%20floor. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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